Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To construct or pave (a road) with macadam.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cover (a road or path) with a layer of broken road-metal. See
macadamization . Also spelledmacadamise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or other flat area, with
macadam , so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
cover , as aroad , orstreet , withsmall ,broken stones , so as to form asmooth ,hard ,convex surface .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb surface with macadam
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Examples
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The ODA Loan from China was used to macadamize the “corruption highway” engineered by trusted VIP i.e. voracious and inept people and supported by the Chinese in exchanged for bigger concession in Spratley Islands.
The Money Trail Nomadicasian 2008
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But the trustees wanting to macadamize the miserably pitched street of the town, he bethought him of dust in summer and mud in winter, and drew up a long memorial to the lords of the soil, remonstrating with them on their impolitic conduct; but all in vain.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829 Various
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Historians loudly condemn the royal and noble thieves who plundered the Coliseum and the Pantheon to build palaces, yet there are men in our times, who would, if they could, take Dr. Johnson's hint to pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and with it macadamize their roads; or fetch it away by piecemeal to build bridges with its stones, and saw up its marble monuments into chimneypieces.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Various
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Buncombe has purchased a complete outfit of machinery, and has begun to macadamize.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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The general plan adopted, and which has been adhered to, was to start at the city limits of the county-seat and to grade and macadamize all of the important public roads from this point out toward the township and the county limits.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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They exerted great influence in inducing communities to macadamize roads, for which the passing of the stage-coach and the spread of railroads had diminished the demand.
History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880
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A bill to incorporate a company to repair and macadamize the Beverley and Morgantown road.
Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861. 1861 1861
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WALLACE presented the petition of citizens of Preston, Barbour and Monongalia counties, asking the incorporation of a joint stock company to repair and macadamize the Morgantown and Beverley turnpike road; which was ordered to be referred to the committee of roads and internal navigation.
Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861. 1861 1861
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A bill to incorporate a company to repair and macadamize the Beverley and Morgantown road.
Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861. 1861 1861
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WALLACE presented the petition of citizens of Preston and Monongalia counties, asking the incorporation of a joint stock company to repair and macadamize the Morgantown and Beverley turnpike road; which was ordered to be referred to the committee of roads and internal navigation.
Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Extra Session, 1861. 1861 1861
bilby commented on the word macadamize
To make a road out of snack nuts.
May 2, 2011